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Su Ze informed Holy Sun of both methods. Without hesitation, Holy Sun chose the second one and immediately went into seclusion.

He aimed to break through to the God-rank as soon as possible to wash away his previous humiliation.

Not long after Su Ze returned, he received a notice from the messenger sent by Yu Shenghuo. The auction would be held the following day, and the platinum-level beast taming egg Su Ze had sent would naturally be the grand finale item.

However, not many people knew this news yet. The Beast Tamer Association only released word that this auction's items were extremely luxurious, providing a vague list.

Just the mention of 'several gold-rank monster beast eggs' was enough to let them know that this auction was anything but simple.

Some family factions also learned through buying information that the finale item was highly likely to be a platinum-level demon beast egg.

As for this news, it was naturally released intentionally by Yu Shenghuo.

He couldn't openly tell everyone what the finale item was, in order to maintain a sense of mystery for the auction.

Yet, he couldn't completely block the information either; otherwise, what if those great families who could afford it didn't prepare enough funds in time?

Therefore, he let these families, driven by curiosity, take the initiative to spend money to obtain a bit of information.

This way, they could not only prepare in advance and drive up the price of the auction items, but Yu Shenghuo could also make a small profit beforehand by selling the information.

It was truly killing two birds with one stone.

Su Ze naturally didn't know about this. He only knew that Yu Shenghuo told him the preliminary preparations for this auction were very thorough.

As for exactly what work had been done, Su Ze had no way of knowing.

“I should go check on Erha first. I haven't been there for two days, and I don't know how it's doing with the egg incubation.”

When Su Ze arrived at the original training room, he found that the room, which was originally used for training and had a rather rugged style, had been decorated very warmly, just like a delivery room.

In fact, it really had become a delivery room for demon beasts.

In the center, the Shadow Moon Wolf King was lying there incubating the eggs, while a group of people beside it were handing it water and meat.

The meat was even delivered directly into its mouth; it didn't even have to move to eat, looking completely relaxed.

In just three or four days, Su Ze felt that it had already grown much fatter.

“Ahem...”

Su Ze coughed lightly, and only then did the others notice he had arrived behind them.

The Shadow Moon Wolf King merely glanced twice before continuing to chew the meat in its mouth.

“Captain, you're here?! See how well we've raised the Great Demon Wolf?”

Su Ze looked at the Shadow Moon Wolf King's rounded belly and nodded.

“But it's just incubating eggs, not laying them. I don't think this is necessary, right?”

Sun Hao immediately said, “Captain, you can't say that. The Great Demon Wolf can't leave while incubating, so its food and drink are up to us.”

Su Ze could only shrug. “Fine, as long as you guys are happy.”

In fact, Su Ze also knew that the reason they stayed here was to use the imprinting effect to form a contract the moment the demon beasts opened their eyes.

Otherwise, no one had much confidence in contracting a platinum-level demon beast. That was why they were taking care of the Shadow Moon Wolf King without leaving its side, just so that the first thing the demon beasts saw after hatching would be them.

But what they didn't know was that with a Divine Beast present, they could completely rely on bloodline suppression to command the demon beasts to form contracts.

So Su Ze wasn't worried that his subordinates wouldn't be able to contract these demon beast eggs that didn't come from the system after they hatched.

He looked again at the relaxed Shadow Moon Wolf King, which no longer showed any of its previous humiliation or life-and-death refusal to incubate eggs.

It was completely enjoying itself, occasionally licking the warm demon beast eggs beneath it.

He wasn't sure if it was his imagination, but Su Ze felt like a maternal glow was flickering in its eyes.

But this is a male wolf!

Su Ze quickly shook his head, casting the creepy feeling to the back of his mind.

Afterward, he listened to Sun Hao's report on the past few days. Under Chen Xin's guidance, the egg incubation was going very smoothly.

Furthermore, Chen Xin had used her connections to help them pre-order Demon Beast Incubators, which could be delivered as soon as the funds arrived.

Having completed all this, Chen Xin had already gone home to rest, which explained why Su Ze hadn't seen her on his way in.

“Alright, the funding issue will be resolved soon. Tomorrow is the day of the auction. Does anyone want to come with me?”

Everyone was a bit hesitant. On one hand, they were curious about what the auction would be like.

On the other hand, they were afraid of missing the moment the demon beasts hatched while they were away.

After all, the incubation periods for these demon beast eggs varied. Although it had only been three or four days, some eggs already showed signs of life and might hatch at any time.

In the end, Sun Hao and Tao Lin stepped forward. Neither of them had vacant beast taming slots, so even if the eggs hatched, it wouldn't concern them for now; they could just wait for the next batch.

“Alright then, just you two. Meet at my front door tomorrow, and we'll go together.”

“Yes!”

...A day passed in the blink of an eye, and the day of the auction soon arrived. Sun Hao and Tao Lin arrived early at Su Ze's door.

Su Ze was in no hurry. The auction was held near noon, and it was still early.

He simply invited the two inside for breakfast. When they saw the boiled demon beast eggs before them, which looked white and plump after being peeled, the two looked at each other, having already become accustomed to the sight.

Just as Su Ze planned to head out with Sun Hao and Tao Lin, Hanba and Feng Qingyi also expressed their desire to come along.

“What's wrong? Aren't you staying home to cultivate today?”

Feng Qingyi curled her lip and shook her head. “Staying home every day is too boring. I want to go out and play.”

Hanba also nodded beside her. “That's right, I also happen to want to see what a human auction is like.”

“Nothing like this happens in our Monster Beast World. If multiple demon beasts take a fancy to the same natural treasure, they just fight it out. Whoever survives to the end gets it.”

Su Ze had no choice but to bring the two girls along. When they arrived at the entrance of the Beast Tamer Association, many people had already gathered.

Just as Yu Shenghuo had said, the scale of this auction was larger than ever before. Even more people had come, packing the association's entrance so tightly that not even water could trickle through.

However, Yu Shenghuo had already arranged for someone to wait out front. As soon as they saw Su Ze, they immediately came over to greet him.

“Captain Su Ze, please follow me. This way.” He then led them toward a side door reserved for staff.

“I don't need to queue?” Su Ze said with a smile.

“No need, no need. Captain Su Ze is our major client; President Yu specifically gave instructions.”

Su Ze didn't refuse. After all, he had only ever seen others enjoy this kind of back-door service before; he hadn't expected his turn to come one day.

He suddenly remembered something Wang Zi once said: “It's not capital that is evil, but the lack of capital!”

See, now he didn't feel it was evil at all.